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ASML Holding N.V.

Rank #184Capital Return

ASMLF · OTC · Technology

ASML Holding N.V. (ASMLF) — Rank #184 by gross profitability (GP/assets 0.34) · ROE 49.0% · Piotroski F-Score 8 / 9.

As-of 2026-09-15 · CIK 0000937966 · all metrics point-in-time as of the filing date.

About

ASML Holding N.V. provides lithography solutions for the development, production, marketing, sales, upgrading, and servicing of advanced semiconductor equipment systems.

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The company offers lithography, metrology, and inspection systems. It also provides extreme ultraviolet lithography systems; and deep ultraviolet lithography systems comprising immersion and dry lithography systems solutions to manufacture various range of semiconductor nodes and technologies. In addition, the company offers metrology and inspection systems, including YieldStar optical metrology systems, a diffraction-based wafer metrology platform to assess the quality of patterns on the wafers; and HMI electron beam solutions to locate and analyze individual chip defects. Further, it provides computational lithography solutions, and lithography systems and control software solutions; and refurbishes and upgrades lithography systems, as well as offers customer support and related services. Additionally, the company offers hardware, software, and services to chipmakers to produce the patterns of integrated circuits. It operates in Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, China, rest of Asia, the Netherlands, rest of Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the United States. The company was formerly known as ASM Lithography Holding N.V. and changed its name to ASML Holding N.V. in 2001. ASML Holding N.V.

was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Veldhoven, the Netherlands.

Industry
Semiconductor Equipment & Materials
Sector
Technology
Filer Category
Large accelerated filer
Fiscal Year End
December 31
Website
asml.com

Price History

ASMLF+104.8% · +15.4% CAGRSPY+80.5% · +12.5% CAGR

Company Snapshot

P/E and reverse DCF are the primary valuation lenses at this stage.

Market Cap

$608.80B

P/E (annual)

64.1

P/S (annual)

18.6

P/B

31.0

P/OCF (annual)

48.1

Shareholder Yield

1.2%

Employees

43,938

Industry

Semiconductor Equipment & Materials

Exchange

OTC

Signal Flags

3 green
Revenue growth acceleratingGrowth rate increasing year over year
Operating leverage expandingOperating income growing faster than revenue
Deferred revenue growingRevenue and deferred revenue both growing — retention signal

Quality Profile

Profitability

1/1 pass
GP / assets
0.34
Return on equity
49.0%
Gross margin trend
PASS

Safety

1/1 pass
Balance-sheet safety
PASS
Debt / equity
1.58
Current ratio
1.26×
Net cash
$8.93B

Cash Flow

3/3 pass
Positive FCF
PASS
Cash-backed earnings
PASS
Accruals healthy
PASS
SBC / revenue
0.6%

Growth

2/2 pass
Revenue growth
15.6%
Piotroski F-Score
8 / 9
Share dilution
-1.2%

Terry Smith quality gate

Passes 4/5 Terry Smith thresholds

1 of 5 threshold not computable from filed data.

What Growth Is Priced In

Implied revenue growth (10Y)

21.7%

fairly valued

The annual FCF growth rate today's price requires over a 10-year horizon (discount rate 10%, terminal growth 2.5%).

Buyback tailwind: -1.2% — per-share value needs a total required return of 20.5% once share-count change is priced in.

vs. own 6-year median revenue growth: 16.9%

within its own history

Cost-of-equity sensitivity (implied growth at different discount rates)

r = 8%

16.6%

r = 10% (base)

21.7%

r = 12%

26.1%

Net debt / market cap: -1.4%

Base FCF: $11.1B3Y mean FCF: $7.8B

Valuation History

Current multiple vs historical range at each filing date. Band spans 25th-75th percentile.

P / E

Price / diluted EPS

61.7xExpensive
29.3xmed 46.9x67.3x

P / S

Price / revenue per share

18.2xExpensive
6.9xmed 11.9x18.2x

P / B

Price / book value per share

30.2xExpensive
6.5xmed 16.5x30.2x

P / GP

Price / gross profit per share

34.4xExpensive
15.1xmed 25.0x35.2x

P / FCF

Price / free cash flow per share

53.5xFair
27.6xmed 52.6x110.3x

FCF yield, shareholder yield, and buyback activity are the primary reads at this stage.

Profitability

Gross profitability (GP / assets)

0.34

Primary signal (Novy-Marx).

74th pctl of 36 SIC 35 peers

Return on equity

49.0%

Gross margin

52.8%

80th pctl of 36 SIC 35 peers

Revenue growth (YoY)

15.6%

RPO growth (YoY)

7.4%

Remaining performance obligations growth — RPO > revenue = forward demand building.

Gross margin improving

Margin trend vs prior year.

PASS

Operating Leverage

2022202320242025
Revenue vs COGS
Revenue vs OpEx
Op. Income vs Revenue

Growth

Revenue CAGR (3Y)

15.6%

Revenue CAGR (5Y)

18.5%

Earnings CAGR (3Y)

19.5%

FCF CAGR (3Y)

15.4%

Anti-fragile safety

Balance-sheet safety

Composite anti-fragile check.

PASS

Debt / equity

1.58

11th pctl of 36 SIC 35 peers (best = lowest)

Current ratio

1.26×

9th pctl of 36 SIC 35 peers

Quick ratio

0.67×

Net cash

$8.93B

Cash & equivalents minus total debt.

Cash-flow health

Free cash flow

$11.08B

Operating cash flow minus capex.

Positive free cash flow

PASS

FCF / net income

0.15

Cash-backing of earnings.

FCF/NI divergence

Unfavorable divergence (yellow flag).

PASS

Accruals healthy

Cash-backed earnings.

PASS

SBC / revenue

0.6%

Stock-based comp intensity.

Piotroski F-Score

F-Score

8 / 9

Fundamental-strength score (0-9).

Lifecycle Phase History

20202025
Op. Leverage
Hypergrowth
Capital Return
Value